Aufgabe sieben: Sie machen mich lös
They finally let me loose.
So yesterday, I headed "in die Stadt" down to Munich with Kay. We braved German roads for 1.5 hours. It snowed a bit, just enough to make the roads full of Germans. Remind me again why I decided to come to Munich in November?
Unfortunately, yesterday, I only got about 4 hours of sleep. I woke up about 5:15 AM after only getting to sleep at 1:00 AM. I made sure Alan got up for his flight to Cologne (which he missed, unfortunately because of the weather, but he was able to catch another one a couple hours later, but that one was the one to be late as well!). I laid down for a bit after, but didn't go back to sleep.
So we headed into the city. I just kind of got the lay of the land, more than anything. I did some shopping, got the new Wir Sind Helden CD, that kind of thing.
Oh, so I got my German cell phone ("Handy", they call them here). I was so proud of myself. The woman at T-Mobile got a chance to practice her English. "You can pay over here at the.... Kasse?" "Cashier?" I said with a smile. "Oh, 'cashier'!" She goes over and says to the andere Kasserin, "Weisst du, das du ein 'cashier' auf Englisch bist?" "Nein, ich wüsste das nicht!" They were just so excited to learn a new word in English. It was very cute. :)
Of course, then I get the fun part: setting up the voicemail. I was so proud of myself. I just carefully listened to the instructions (auf Deutsch, naturlich), and I managed it through just fine. I realized it was much harder than reading something, which you can spend any amount of time reading, and rereading. But I did it. And now, I have a German phone number. :)
I met up with my friend Andreas about 8. We got me settled in. We went out to dinner, had a couple beers, and just got caught up on things. His English is very good, and he was kind enough to give me a little respite from German for a little bit. My German has improved immensely, but I stammer a bit. I'm just fine for most things, but conversation isn't yet one of my strong points. Actually, "small talk" I can do just fine. Yet. I'm here another week, so after that, we'll see. :)
And last night I got to sleep about midnight. Andreas went off to work, and I went off to bed. I woke up, and the light outside was not so light. The sun was going down. It was 4:30 PM. Well, it was my first decent time to sleep the entire trip! Verdammt jetlag. :)
So yesterday, I headed "in die Stadt" down to Munich with Kay. We braved German roads for 1.5 hours. It snowed a bit, just enough to make the roads full of Germans. Remind me again why I decided to come to Munich in November?
Unfortunately, yesterday, I only got about 4 hours of sleep. I woke up about 5:15 AM after only getting to sleep at 1:00 AM. I made sure Alan got up for his flight to Cologne (which he missed, unfortunately because of the weather, but he was able to catch another one a couple hours later, but that one was the one to be late as well!). I laid down for a bit after, but didn't go back to sleep.
So we headed into the city. I just kind of got the lay of the land, more than anything. I did some shopping, got the new Wir Sind Helden CD, that kind of thing.
Oh, so I got my German cell phone ("Handy", they call them here). I was so proud of myself. The woman at T-Mobile got a chance to practice her English. "You can pay over here at the.... Kasse?" "Cashier?" I said with a smile. "Oh, 'cashier'!" She goes over and says to the andere Kasserin, "Weisst du, das du ein 'cashier' auf Englisch bist?" "Nein, ich wüsste das nicht!" They were just so excited to learn a new word in English. It was very cute. :)
Of course, then I get the fun part: setting up the voicemail. I was so proud of myself. I just carefully listened to the instructions (auf Deutsch, naturlich), and I managed it through just fine. I realized it was much harder than reading something, which you can spend any amount of time reading, and rereading. But I did it. And now, I have a German phone number. :)
I met up with my friend Andreas about 8. We got me settled in. We went out to dinner, had a couple beers, and just got caught up on things. His English is very good, and he was kind enough to give me a little respite from German for a little bit. My German has improved immensely, but I stammer a bit. I'm just fine for most things, but conversation isn't yet one of my strong points. Actually, "small talk" I can do just fine. Yet. I'm here another week, so after that, we'll see. :)
And last night I got to sleep about midnight. Andreas went off to work, and I went off to bed. I woke up, and the light outside was not so light. The sun was going down. It was 4:30 PM. Well, it was my first decent time to sleep the entire trip! Verdammt jetlag. :)
posted by Joe Carlin at 6:26 PM
3 Comments:
Hallo Herr Carlin - wo ist aufgabe sechs?
Ugh - there are just some things I don't miss in Europe. The sun setting early in the afternoon and the bitter cold, winter weather.
Besides that, I'm envious of all the fun and adventure you're experiencing!
Es ist wahr... ich kann nicht zählen! :-)
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